Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360801000575
WEST SIDE SCHOOL
1597 LAUREL HOLLOW RD, SYOSSET, NY 11791 · (516) 692-7900 · Nassau County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
4 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WEST SIDE SCHOOL→COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | N/A |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WEST SIDE SCHOOL
WEST SIDE SCHOOL's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SIDE SCHOOL this school | 215 | 1.9% | 82.8% |
| GOOSEHILL PRIMARY CENTER COLD SPRING HARBOR | 208 | 1.4% | N/A |
| GARRISON SCHOOL GARRISON | 208 | 4.8% | 77.3% |
| HEMLOCK SCHOOL GARDEN CITY | 184 | 1.6% | N/A |
| IDLE HOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OAKDALE | 218 | 5.5% | 76.6% |
| SIWANOY SCHOOL PELHAM | 275 | 6.2% | 87.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WEST SIDE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #127 of 2,335 | #16 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #149 of 2,342 | #21 of 172 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #162 of 2,343 ▼ 31 | #15 of 172 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #2,340 of 2,585 | #182 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #190 of 2,338 | #11 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #1,813 of 2,388 | #171 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.9% | #2,519 of 2,534 | #190 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #1,563 of 1,757 | #95 of 116 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
215
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 215 | 23.6 | 9.1:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 20.7 | 9.3:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 19.2 | 12.1:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 17.4 | 12.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 18 | 13.2:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 222 | 18 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST SIDE SCHOOL.
About WEST SIDE SCHOOL
WEST SIDE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in SYOSSET, New York. The latest federal count shows 215 students in grades 2 through 6. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 51% lower.
WEST SIDE SCHOOL reports to COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 4 schools and 1,531 students.
The student body at WEST SIDE SCHOOL is 81% White. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. County-wide, 57% of Nassau County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.1:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. WEST SIDE SCHOOL reports 2% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Nassau County report 31%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, WEST SIDE SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 74.3% at WEST SIDE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 82.8%.
Nassau County has about 1,389,591 residents, and the median household income is $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides WEST SIDE SCHOOL, Nassau County has 314 other public schools.
The closest public school, COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles from WEST SIDE SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WEST SIDE SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 12 students since 2020-21, to 215. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 9.1:1, from 11.3:1.
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Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 719 students
- LLOYD HARBOR SCHOOLElementary · 389 students
- GOOSEHILL PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 208 students
Other schools in SYOSSET
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,400 students
- H B THOMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 951 students
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- PS 256Combined · 543 students
- ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 450 students
Nearby schools
- COLD SPRING HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 719
- SOUTH WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 802
- BERRY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 450
- SYOSSET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,400
- GOOSEHILL PRIMARY CENTER2.2 mi · 208
- JEFFERSON SCHOOL2.3 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About WEST SIDE SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST SIDE SCHOOL?
WEST SIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 215 students in grades 02-06.
Is WEST SIDE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST SIDE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 02-06.
How many teachers does WEST SIDE SCHOOL have?
WEST SIDE SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
What is the student diversity at WEST SIDE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEST SIDE SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WEST SIDE SCHOOL in?
WEST SIDE SCHOOL is part of COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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